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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


The Josephine Louis Theater was renovated recently, to make it more accessible to patrons. New elements, like a wheelchair lift and wheelchair-accessible seating, have been added.

Josephine Louis Theater renovated for accessibility, comfort

January 14, 2016

A&E The Josephine Louis Theater has been renovated to make it more accessible to its patrons and meet codes set by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Project organizers decided to add two central...

Wirtz Center will expand, include additional classroom space

January 10, 2016

City officials approved plans for a two-story extension to The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts last week. The plan includes a two-story building extension that will provide...

Northwestern students perform a scene from "Trouble in Mind," a play with characters who grow to better understand race and prejudice. The play is scheduled to run at the Louis Theater from May 16 to 25.

Evanston residents discuss portrayals of race in theater

May 7, 2014

Northwestern students performed two scenes Wednesday afternoon from a play examining race in American theater for an audience of more than 20 people at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, prompting...

Ambition consumes us: Reviewing “Moby Dick”

April 30, 2014

Few names at Northwestern have the kind of awesome, deity-like sheen about them as the name "David Catlin." Ever since co-founding Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company in 1988, Catlin's work has been...

Q&A: Joseph Hanreddy, director of ‘Aimee and Jaguar’

January 29, 2014

Love, circumstance and contention are braided into the fabric of "Aimee and Jaguar," an original play gracing the Josephine Louis Theater stage this weekend. Lillian Groag’s original script spins...

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